Focusing on the export market

Tec Tear Granitos Ltda. operates a stoneworking factory in Atilio Vivacqua, Espírito Santo, Brazil, and it exports material to locations around the world.

When Tec Tear Granitos Ltda. was established in Atilio Vivacqua, Espírito Santo, Brazil, the main goal was to provide stoneworking services for companies across the country that were involved in the stone sector. Today, the company processes and exports stone to markets around the world, and its production capacity continues to increase.

Tec Tear’s principal owners are José Carlos Marques Netto and Anna Olivia Rangel Ribeiro Marques, and the company was founded in 1996. In 2003, management made the decision to stop providing services and to begin exporting material to the U.S. Over the next few years, the company developed relationships with a number of customers in the U.S., and it also began exporting to Canada, Spain, Puerto Rico and South Africa. In 2006, the company made its first appearance at the Coverings exhibition in Orlando, FL, and it has continued its particiaption at Coverings in 2007 and 2008.

Exports at Tec Tear Granitos have increased steadily over the past few years, and the company hopes to export 25 containers per month for 2008.

Industrial operations

Exports at Tec Tear Granitos have increased steadily over the past few years. Last year, exports totaled 20 containers per month, and the company expects that total to grow to 25 containers per month for 2008. Moreover, the projected export total for 2009 is 30 containers per month.

Equipment in the factory includes a BM Grizzly Super gangsaw, which is 4.2 meters in width. Other machinery includes two Cimef automated polishing lines, one Rosh industrial drier for resin treatment of slabs and other various equipment for processing, material handling and resin application.

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